IAI I-View

The IAI I-View, also written Eye-View, is a small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle developed in Israel in the early twenty-first century. Like other UAVs from Israel Aerospace Industries it has fixed landing gear and a piston engine of about 19 kilowatts, and the published figures give a wingspan of 3.96 metres, a gross weight of 104 kilograms and an endurance of more than six hours. A civil version promoted for forest fire warning is known as the FireBird. In December 2006 the I-View was chosen as the winning tender for the Australian Defence Force JP129 reconnaissance requirement, but that contract was cancelled in September 2008 because of technical problems before any aircraft were delivered. Russia bought eight systems, the first Israeli sale of military platforms to that country.